People + Partners

Statement on Housing Election Commitments

CEO Prof. Mathew Aitchison comments on housing measures announced by the Coalition and Labor.

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Future Building Ep 18 Can we fix housing construction productivity? With Danielle Wood Chair of the Australian Government’s Productivity Commission

Danielle Wood, Chair of the Australian Government’s Productivity Commission speaks with Building 4.0 CRC CEO Professor Mathew Aitchison about housing construction productivity, this impact upon housing and cost disease.

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Future Building Ep 19 Venture Creation for the Built Environment with Dr Ray Levitt from Blackhorn Ventures

Dr Ray Levitt, Partner at Blackhorn Ventures and Emeritus Professor at Stanford University, speaks to Prof. Mathew Aitchison from Building 4.0 CRC about Venture Capital, Innovation and Artificial Intelligence for the Building Industry.

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Urgent calls for a Building Research and Development Corporation to address national housing crisis

Building 4.0 Cooperative Research Centre CEO Prof. Mathew Aitchison called for urgent action to stand up a national building research and development corporation (RDC) to arrest declining productivity in the sector, a key contributor to higher costs and supply shortages.

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The answer to our housing crisis is structural reform

“Prefab alone can’t solve our housing crisis. We need to think bigger,” says Prof. Mathew Aitchison

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Like IKEA but for houses: Could Sweden’s housing revolution come to Australia?

SBS Dateline’s latest episode looks into Sweden’s prefabricated houses and whether they can be the answer to Australia’s housing supply crisis.

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How can the building industry overcome its ‘innovation problem’?

In this article for realestate.com.au, Vivien Topalovic reports on the Property Council of Australia’s National Housing Solutions Summit in Melbourne, Tuesday 1 April. A panel featuring representatives from Building 4.0 CRC, Woods Bagot, Mirvac and the Productivity Commission addressed the key issue of innovation in the construction sector.

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Advancing Education, Skills and Training for the Future of Building

The fourth industrial revolution (4.0) has brought disruption and advancement to the realm of building construction. This short video from Building 4.0 CRC and Holmesglen Institute explains what ‘4.0-ness’ means to the present and future of building.

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Intro

Meet the people and partners who are helping to make Building 4.0 CRC possible.

Board
Executive
Partners

Partners

The CRC’s collaborative structure enables our partners to understand the value of new thinking and to integrate innovative practices in their work.

Project Organisations

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Memberships

Building 4.0 CRC is a proud member
of the Digital Twin Consortium.

Building 4.0 CRC is a proud member of MECLA